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          <h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="N10429" name="N10429"></a>Using Views</h2>
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      <p>Perspectives offer pre-defined combinations of views and editors. To open a view that is
      not included in the current perspective, select <span class="guimenu">Window</span> →
      <span class="guimenuitem">Show View</span> from the main menu bar.</p>

      <p>You can create <span class="emphasis"><em>fast views</em></span> to provide a shortcut to
      views that you use often.</p>

      <p>After adding a view to the current perspective, you may wish to save your new layout by
      clicking <span class="guimenu">Window</span> → <span class="guimenuitem">Save Perspective
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      <p>To change the location of a view in the current perspective:</p>

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            <p>Drag the view by its title bar. Do not release the left mouse button yet.</p>
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            <p>As you move the view around the Workbench, the mouse pointer changes to one of the
            drop cursors shown in the table below. The drop cursor indicates where the view will be
            docked if you release the left mouse button. To see the drop cursor change, drag the
            view over the left, right, top, or bottom border of another view or editor.</p>
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            <p>When the view is in the location that you want, relative to the view or editor area
            underneath the drop cursor, release the left mouse button.</p>
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            <p>(Optional) If you want to save your changes, select <span class=
            "guimenu">Window</span> → <span class="guimenuitem">Save Perspective As</span> from the
            main menu bar.</p>
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            <p>Note that a group of stacked views can be dragged using the empty space to the right
            of the view tabs.</p>
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